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A Commitment to Community Service

A Commitment to Community Service Providing undergraduate and graduate students with community service experiences is a vital part of UMBC’s culture. The University has recently been named...

Posted: July 22, 2008, 4:00 AM

An Advocate for Students

An Advocate for Students On Friday, July 11, UMBC junior Joshua Michael was sworn in as the University System of Maryland’s (USM) student regent. Michael, who is studying political...

Posted: July 16, 2008, 4:00 AM

Protecting Privacy, Preventing Terror

Protecting Privacy, Preventing Terror What do your credit history, medical records and Flickr photo streams have in common with the 9-11 Commission? A new, six-campus research effort,...

Posted: July 9, 2008, 4:00 AM

Becoming Agents of Change

Becoming Agents of Change The first graduating class of Gender and Women’s Studies majors has gained critical skills and leadership experience essential to the 21st century. “Our program...

Posted: May 23, 2008, 4:00 AM

Meyerhoff Scholar Receives Goldwater Scholarship

Meyerhoff Scholar Receives Goldwater Scholarship Meyerhoff Scholar Carla Valenzuela, a sophomore with a 4.0 GPA, is one of 321 students receiving 2008 Goldwater Scholarships, considered...

Posted: May 19, 2008, 4:00 AM

Filming the “Plight of the Puffins”

Filming the “Plight of the Puffins” Puffins: the flighted, more stylish-looking cousins of the penguin. To the island nation of Iceland, they are as culturally significant as blue crabs are to...

Posted: May 12, 2008, 4:00 AM

IRC Fellows Win Animation Competition

Putting Student Research Center Stage • Watch the IRC Fellows’ award winning video UMBC’s Visual Arts Imaging Research Center (IRC) Fellows recently won an animation competition...

Posted: May 12, 2008, 4:00 AM